Improvement in halters



T. GINGRAS.-

HALTER.

Patented 52.1114, 1876.

(gnre 1 1 'UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY GINGRAS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HALTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,661, dated January'4, 1876; application f1edg-c November 1, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY GINGRAS, of the city of Buii'alo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented a Halter, of whichthe following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in Inaking 4a halter for hitchinghorses, so that the saine can be readily adjusted without unbuckling orinterfering with a bridle or head-` stall, or the reins attached to theheadstall, and the same may be readily adjusted to a bitching-post,either loosely or tightly, and when closely or tightly adjusted the samewill not be in danger of getting loose, so as to be moved up or downupon the post.

Figure 1 represents the halter upon a horses head and attached to apost. Fig. 2 repre= sents the snaps and plate.

The halter is made with a stra-p, a, which goes over the horses headback of the ears, and may have a strap going around the ears. It has astrap,4 m, extending from the lower part around the nose, and a shortstrap, i', angling from the nose-strap to strap a, going over the head,one on each side. Strap a has plates of metal, letter s, riveted at eachend thereof, in which, on one side, is hinged a metallic plate, letterd, in which the strap of the halter a2 is fastened by means of a snap,letter h. On the other side of the halter it `is hinged to the plate sby a similar snap, by means of which, when the halter is placed upon thehead of the horse, the two sides of the halter are fastened under theneck ofthe horse., All this can be effected when the headstall is uponthe horse, and without unbuckling the same or any ofthe reins. A

The strap ofthe halter has a snap attached to the extreme end, and anadjustable plate with an adjustable levez-,and ring attached near theeXtreme end, said plate lettered b, and the sainel can be moved,'so thatthe loop formed by attaching the snap at the end in the ring of theplate shall be suited to the bitching-post. The adjustable lever servesto hold the plate fast to the strap or allow it to be moved. v

Whatl claim as Iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In combination with theheadstall a, m, and i', the metal plate s, hingedplate d, and snaphooks h, constructed and arranged to operate asdescribed.

i TIMOTHY GINGRAS.

[n presence of- WM. H. SLADE, CHARLES MCCHRISTALL.

